I tried Vista some time ago, and I can tell you:
It is the worst piece of s* OS I tried in my life
Then, a few weeks back, I tried win 7 and they are a plenty of upgrades in it regardind Vista. I think Vista were a like Beta of 7.
Anyway, I'm currently using XP SP3 and I think I will use it forever.

Aaaaah, the '90's wonderful moments. I loved to see Nickelodeon all the time back in the '90s. I used to see:
Legends of the Hidden Temple
Adventures of Pete & Pete
Clarissa Explains it All
Ren & Stimpy show
Doug
Are You Afraid of the Dark
Rugrats
Rockos Modern Life
other I don't remember right now.
Now, I see some other shows at nick@nite:
The fresh prince of Bel Air
Alf
Kenan & Kel
Happy Days
Get Smart!
Clarissa Explains it All
Bewitched
I Dream of Jeannie
The Addams Family
The Munsters
Mork and Mindy
P.D. There are a some others shows you mentioned here and that I used to watch, but they didn't get broadcasted thru Nickelodeon where I live.

I agree %100 with that. It seems to be that USA's censors never liked to view nudes or something alike not only between the games, but the movies, the videoclips, the literature, etc. On the contrary, they never complained about the constant violence, blood's pools, aggressive language, etc.

I think all the formats you mentioned above wasn't conceived as "cd killers"; contrarily, they were intended to be differents "alternatives" to choice from.
Mini-Disc: with it you can record and erase your own music, compress it, etc.
DVD-Music: I don't know said format, but if you wanted to say "DVD-Audio", such format was intended primarily to "audiophiles", so that was and is their "target".
SACD: again a "audiophiles" oriented format.
HDCD: This was an "enhanced" cd, which included 4 additional bits more than the normal 16 bits cd; moreover, they are compatible with normal cd players too.